US 12,079,772 B2
Interactive inventory storage device, system, and method
Michael K. Rahilly, Encinitas, CA (US); Brendan John Burgess, Poway, CA (US); Ramkumar Subramanian, San Diego, CA (US); Mustafa Yusufi, Escondido, CA (US); and Monica Wyly, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/211,188.
Application 17/343,636 is a division of application No. 16/914,186, filed on Jun. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,113,661, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Application 18/211,188 is a continuation of application No. 17/343,636, filed on Jun. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,681,985.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/937,177, filed on Nov. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/927,632, filed on Oct. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/867,841, filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410045 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/22 (2020.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0728 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G07C 9/00896 (2013.01); G07C 9/22 (2020.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G07C 2009/0092 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. A non-transitory machine-readable memory storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations, comprising:
associating a mobile inventory device with a first storage bin, the mobile inventory device configured to couple to the first storage bin;
storing a local inventory of the first storage bin in a non-volatile data store of a mobile inventory device;
receiving, via a user interface associated with the mobile inventory device, a first user input associated with an item type;
electronically activating a communication interface device;
wirelessly synchronizing, via the activated communication interface device, the local inventory with one or more other inventory devices associated with one or more other respective bins geographically remote from the first storage bin;
updating, based on inventory information wirelessly received during the synchronizing from the one or more other inventory devices, the local inventory to include an identification and at least one inventory of the one or more other respective bins geographically remote from the first storage bin; and
identifying, via a display device associated with the mobile inventory device, based on the updated local inventory, a second storage bin storing the item type.